Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816

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Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816

Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816 , Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816: 75.

Type Species: Antilope sylvatica Sparrman 1780

Species and subspecies: 7 species with 18 subspecies:

Species Tragelaphus angasii Angas 1848

Species Tragelaphus buxtoni Lydekker 1910

Species Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1836

Species Tragelaphus imberbis Blyth 1869

Species Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. scriptus Pallas 1766

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. bor Heuglin 1877

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. decula Rüppell 1835

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. fasciatus Pocock 1900

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. knutsoni Lönnberg 1905

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. meneliki Neumann 1902

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. ornatus Pocock 1900

Subspecies Tragelaphus scriptus subsp. sylvaticus Sparrman 1780

Species Tragelaphus spekii Speke 1863

Subspecies Tragelaphus spekii subsp. spekii Speke 1863

Subspecies Tragelaphus spekii subsp. gratus P. L. Sclater 1880

Subspecies Tragelaphus spekii subsp. larkenii St. Leger 1931

Subspecies Tragelaphus spekii subsp. selousi W. Rothschild 1898

Subspecies Tragelaphus spekii subsp. sylvestris Meinertzhagen 1916

Species Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Tragelaphus strepsiceros subsp. strepsiceros Pallas 1766

Subspecies Tragelaphus strepsiceros subsp. bea Heller 1913

Subspecies Tragelaphus strepsiceros subsp. burlacei Ansell 1969

Subspecies Tragelaphus strepsiceros subsp. chora Cretzschmar 1826

Subspecies Tragelaphus strepsiceros subsp. zambesiensis Lorenz 1894

Discussion: Includes Boocercus , Limnotragus, Nyala and Strepsiceros ; see Ansell (1972:20) and Van Gelder (1977 a, b); except for T. buxtoni , all species have been made types of genera. Monophyletic lineages within the Tragelaphini have not been proposed on the basis of morphology, though Ansell (1972) allocated angasii and spekii to a superspecies. From gene analysis, there is a lack of evidence that Tragelaphus species form a clade excluding Taurotragus , and therefore Tragelaphus is regarded as paraphyletic if Taurotragus is excluded ( Essop et al., 1997 a; Gatesy et al., 1997; Geordiadis et al., 1990; Hassanin and Douzery, 1999 a; Hassanin and Douzery, 1999 a; Matthee and Robinson, 1999).